"At Promises, our mission is to provide a gateway to sobriety for you or a loved one and to help assist in the achievement of lifetime dreams. For over 21 years, we have been proud of the pioneering, restorative, and compassionate care Promises has been providing to clients struggling with addictions and co-occurring disorders. Located in Malibu and West Los Angeles, with no more than 24 clients in Malibu and 18 clients in West Los Angeles, Promises proudly offers highly individualized and structured, 12-step based programs ranging from Detoxification, Primary Residential/Inpatient treatment, thru Extended Care, Sober Living, and Outpatient services. To learn more about Promises, please call 800-595-8779 or visit our website at www.promises.com."

Working with individuals (teens & adults), couples and families.Together we can identify the opportunities for change! "If you will it, it is not a legend"

David Yeats has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1986. He works with individuals, couples, and groups, and with all ages (from late teens to seniors). See his website: www.DavidAYeats.com.

David is guided by a high regard for clients' thoughts, feelings, values, history, experiences, and intuitions. He is a good listener with a fairly interactive style. David is highly optimistic that clients can create greater clarity, peace, and joy through the process of psychotherapy.

David pays attention to the issues that people are wanting help with, and works to identify the wisdom, skills, and resources that clients bring to the process of psychotherapy. He sees that we are all on a path toward further growing and becoming, and understands that issues and problems that all of us have can be the means to that deeper growth.

I specialize in treating children, adolescents, and adults with Anxiety, OCD, and OCD related Disorders. I have extensive post graduate training in the treatment of these disorders with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.) These are evidence based therapies, meaning that in scientific studies they have been shown to be the most effective therapies for Anxiety and OCD. I also offer a CBT group for children with Anxiety called the The Brave Kids Group. In the group we use mindfulness, CBT, and Exposure Therapy to help children ( ages 7 to 11) learn what causes anxiety, develop coping strategies, and face and overcome their fears. I also sponsor a support group for teens with OCD.